Thoughts on a Web Based Event Planner
Been giving a bit of thought to a project recently. I’d like to write a web based event planning application, primarily for use by my gaming clan for planning LAN parties and movie get-togethers, and that sort of thing. This is all loosely based off the #978 Events page, which I think is largely defunct now.
Just trying to jot down some ideas about events at the moment.
Events should have three states, planning, open, and closed. In the planning stage, the date for the event is not yet known. Users viewing the event can see a list of possible dates and select which ones would be best for them. The event planner (a user) can then decide which date to have the event on. At this point the date is fixed and the event switches to the ‘open’ state.
In the open state, users can register whether or not they will be attending the event, along with any notes and comments they may have. This is a direct rip-off of the #978 system. Users can change their note and status at any time in order to reflect the changing world in which we live.
After the event has passed, it’ll switch over to closed, so that people don’t sign up for things that have already happened.
None of this is really all that difficult from a programming perspective, it’s just trying to get the interface to be something easy to use and intuitive for people. I think it’ll help a lot with our LAN party planning, since we currently just use our forum’s poll feature, which doesn’t allow for multiple answers or tracking who voted for what.
Perhaps I’ll get to this after Delia’s calendar.
